Credit Solutions News

We are experts in consumer credit information, ID theft prevention and over-indebtedness. The Callcredit brand has a strong intellectual value and is recognised for innovation, quality and success. We have experts across the fields of credit risk, ID verification, collections and recoveries and the public sector and carry out research and analysis which is regularly quoted in the media.

This news section contains both breaking and historical news from CIG Credit Solutions, together with an archive of our external newsletter, Creditlines.

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Latest press releases

06 July 2010
New Task Force to Tackle Money Laundering and Fraud
Callcredit Information Group has teamed up with its existing partner Tait Walker Chartered Accountants and the University of Sunderland’s department of Computing, Engineering and Technology to create new software for tackling specific areas of financial crime as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP).

13 May 2010
Callcredit Information Group takes on cycle challenge
Callcredit Information Group has rallied a team of keen cyclists to take part in the Coast-to-Coast Cycle Challenge in a bid to raise £10,000 for the NSPCC’s Child Voice Appeal.

21 April 2010
Sunderland and Liverpool top list of UK fraud hotspots
Over 50% of top ten most fraudulent areas fall in the North of England Callcredit Information Group has today published research which identified the areas most and least at risk of fraud across the UK, with Sunderland topping the list of 121 localities in the British Isles [1].

19 April 2010
CIG continues to grow despite economic climb
Significant growth in 2009 for Callcredit Information Group as: Profits increase by 54% Revenues increase by 9% Staff numbers increase from 625 to 676  Callcredit Information Group announced today that it saw significant growth in 2009, with profits increasing 54% on the previous year to show full year profits of £7 million.

12 April 2010
Hometrack and Callcredit win HSBC Group contract
Hometrack Data Systems, the UK’s leading supplier of automated valuations and risk analytics, together with Leeds-based credit reference agency Callcredit have today announced the award of a contract to supply the HSBC Group with Equity Indicator, a ground breaking product, designed specifically to assess an individual’s overall equity status.